Ranji quarters: Mumbai in control

Agencies

BENGALURU: Debutant Suved Parkar hit a stroke-filled 104 to guide Mumbai to a strong 304/3 on the first day of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Uttarakhand here on Monday.

Armaan Jaffer (60) and Sarfaraz Khan (69 not out) also slammed half-centuries as the 41-time Ranji Trophy winners dominated the day and the trio justified skipper Prithvi Shaw’s decision to bat first.

Parkar, who got a life, anchored the innings. The 21-year-old right-handed batter, who has played for India U-19, struck eight boundaries and two sixes in his 218-ball knock.

On the day, he also joined the likes of his skipper and coach Amol Mazumdar to score a hundred on Ranji debut.

Mavi, Saurabh restrict Karnataka to 213/7

Shivam Mavi and Saurabh Kumar shared seven wickets between them as Uttar Pradesh reduced hosts Karnataka to 213/7 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final here on Monday.

Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Mavi caused maximum damage and broke the back of Karnataka’s batting, grabbing the two big wickets of Mayank Agarwal (10) and Karun Nair (29) on way to his fine spell of 11-4-40-3.

Electing to field after the start was delayed due to wet outfield, Uttar Pradesh got off to a perfect start but Mavi dismissed Agarwal cheaply to prolong the Indian Test opener’s lean patch.

Agarwal, who had a lacklustre IPL campaign while captaining Punjab Kings, was out for 10 in the 13th over.

Opener Gharami hits ton for Bengal

Young Sudip Gharami finally did justice to his talent with maiden first-class hundred that steered Bengal to a commanding 310/1 against Jharkhand on Monday.

Jharkhand’s pedestrian effort with the ball also helped Bengal’s cause as Gharami, who had a highest score of 27 in his four previous appearances, showed fine temperament to hit an unbeaten 106 that came off 204 balls with 13 fours and a six. Anushtup Majumdar is unbeaten on 85 as they added 178 runs for the unbroken second-wicket stand.

Brief scores: Mumbai 304/3 (S Parkar 104*, S Khan 69*; D Dhapola 3/53) vs Uttarakhand; Karnataka 213/7 (R Samarth 57; S Kumar 4/67) vs UP; Bengal 310/1 (S Gharami 106*, A Majumdar 85*) vs Jharkhand; Punjab 219 (A Sharma 47, A Singh 47; A Agarwal 3/36) vs Madhya Pradesh 5/0.